The one on the Social Security Death Index is not him! That one was born in California! If I were you I would go to switchboard.com and enter Don Messner with no state listed. There are 30 +, how much would it cost to send letters out? You can eliminate the Jr's. Now for my question. Where can I find a copy of the book you mention? "A Genealogy of Selectred Northumberland County Pennsylvania Pioneer Families from the Arrival of the Immigrant Ancestors to the Present Time" Part Six, (The Vought (Voght, Voight, Voigt) Family), compiled by Joseph A. Meiser, Jr., B.S., Ph.D. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, 1978. Laura a VOUGHT descendant DigMyPast@msn.com Source: PANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PANORTHU-L] Donald Messner Have you tried the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)? There are seven Donald Messners listed there, one of which was born in 1930. The SSDI is available free on the Rootsweb website, and also on other websites. --- John Shipman Hendricks <JSHendricks@earthlink.net> wrote: > I am trying to find a a specific family: Grace > Vought, b 19 Mar > 1908, married Arthur Messner. They had five > children to my knowledge. > In the 1930's and 1940's they lived on E Court St, > Sunbury. Their 3rd > child was Donald Messner and was born in 1930. > Donald Messner and the > are 7th cousins. Our common ancestors are Robert > Cample and his unknown > spouse. As young boys in the 30's, Donald and I > lived with our families > on East Court Street in Sunbury and attended the > Hill Elementary School > at the corner of 11th and Chestnut Streets in > Sunbury. As young boys we > were best friends. When my family moved from the > neighborhood to > Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (my father > was then a State > Game Protector for Schuylkill County), Donald > Messner spent a one-week > summer vacation with us in 1941. That was 60 plus > years ago and > although we were close boyhood friends we have not > seen each other again > since that time. > The irony is that the Messner family was found > while I was > entering genealogical data from a book called "A > Genealogy of Selectred > Northumberland County Pennsylvania Pioneer Families > from the Arrival of > the Immigrant Ancestors to the Present Time" Part > Six, (The Vought > (Voght, Voight, Voigt) Family), compiled by Joseph > A. Meiser, Jr., > B.S., Ph.D. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, 1978, page > 15. The mother, > Grace Vought, was a daughter of Bertram Vought and > Ida R. Bordner. > If anyone in the Sunbury area knows the > whereabouts of Donald > Messner or any other of his family, I would very > much appreciate an > address where I might contact him. > -- > Regards, > John Shipman Hendricks > Vero Beach, FL 32968

Joe & Laura Schmidt wrote: >Now for my question. Where can I find a copy of the book you mention? "A Genealogy of Selectred Northumberland County Pennsylvania Pioneer >Families from the Arrival of the Immigrant Ancestors to the Present time" Part Six, (The Vought (Voght, Voight, Voigt) Family), compiled by Joseph A. Meiser, Jr., B.S., Ph.D. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, 1978. >Laura >a VOUGHT descendant >DigMyPast@msn.com > Laura, I copied portions of the book several years ago at the Family History Library at Salt Lake City, Utah. The book actually contains ten parts on different Northumberland County families. Joseph A. Meiser, Jr. is the Compiler. The year it was published by the authors was 1978. The book was microfiled 11/5/91 and it is on Roll #XLIB7-102 3223 and Call #1697511. I last spoke with Joe (Joseph Meiser) shortly after his wife's death last year. He is now using as a publisher: DDRAIG GOCH PUBLICATIONS Robert L K Jones PO Box 87, Grantham, PA 17027 I have also been in touch with Bob Jones and have purchased several of Joe's Burial books through him. You might want to contact him by mail or email (see his address on the cc: above) and ask for a complete listing of Joe's books. (There are about 40 of them.) I am sending a copy of this message to Bob to alert him to the possibility that you might contact him. I do not know if "The Vought Family" is available or not. Regards from Vero Beach, FL John Shipman Hendricks PS How are you linked to the VOUGHT line.

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